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This is interesting, I was looking at the Manivelle stuff for a 26" commuter bike I'm building up for my partner. Will pull trigger for the remaining parts in 2 weeks or so so I can have it built for when she starts working.

What is the timeline for the Manivelle x Wit Slingers collab?

Depends a bit how much play there is in the joint next to the BB and how tight you fasten that up. If it pivots while riding it could create stress on the upper part. I think it would be ok, maybe not if you do 200k of loaded washboard gravel every day. :)

Looks rad nevertheless!
As you said, if it breaks fix it and move on to V2.

Piloting that vintage Peugeot with what looks like a 42 small ring and questionale braking with those 105 SC STI's in the mountains is pretty slave in my book.

Put it away somewhere and maybe take a swing at refurbishing it myself in the future.
It would go nice in our soon to be built garden office.

Excellent solution on the foot pegs, looks like she is having fun up there. It's always a battle who gets to sit on the saddle on the Bullitt or the Bulldog on the dadbike.

We really need a second cargo bike to ease things out in family hauling. For which I would need a custom stem to match the Tumbleweed bars. :)

Good thing Hulsroy Industries is about to happen, must keep that orderbook full!

Looks awesome as always, building some great memories there!

For the top tube saddle; we have attached a saddle in a similar way to our Bullitt top tube, biggest issue/improvement for the kid sitting there is some kind of foot rest. Overlooked this in the beginning but they are much more stable and comfortable with it.

I've also had to wrap the bars from center to the brake levers as they where "too icey" for holding on too. :)

My ancient Rancilio died couple of weeks ago and seems a bit steep to repair. I recieved it quite neglected, had it serviced frequently and served me well the last 17-20 years. But it is time to move on.

I am looking at Sage as I can get them with quite a nice discount and it would free up some counter top real estate with the integrated grinder and all. My experimenting days are over and now I just want ease of use combined with consistency. Any opionions on the Barista Pro vs the Express (Impress)?

Those the 6806 NTN LLB bearings? I need a replacement set so if you need to get rid om them dm me.

Otherwise, just get the PF30 cups? Or get whatever BB fits and keep the bearings till after winter or a wet ride until you need to replace?

Anyone have experience with "modern" bottle type dynamo's? I can find the Axa HR traction models which seem nice.

Just cannot justify a hub dynamo or new wheel build on this project.

At least it's better than Blythe's gold Giger-esque Genesis monstrosity.

The J&L NW rings do look better, thanks for the tip!

Any suggestions for 110bcd NW chainrings that are not made of cheese?
I found these, looks suitable, wondering if the logo's can be acetoned?
Would be for a lockup bike, so harder type of cheese could work out actually.

I run some kind of C-bear in mine together with some of the KP483 spacers. You need to figure out the spindle length and space it all out accordingly.

Tightening it to specific torque helps determine the amount of washers and the compression of the wavy washer which is a bit fiddly.

concerning socks, big fan of the plain non-hip-hypebike printed designs by Fingerscrossed. Have most of their ranges and it's perfect. Merino for winter, light merino silk for long changable days, superlight for hot days. Also helps that my local stocks it.

We are looking into getting an Omnium for local runaround duties, hauling kids and their bikes and it would be a good add-on for the family Bullitt. It would make us much more mobile as a family and all the stuff you have to take with you. We just can't be arsed to take the car out for every outing that can be done with a bike.

Thinking a bit further about this, maybe I should also retire the M600 to France, it would make a good baguette getting machine. Hmmm.

Here's another pic of it all.

Have the day to myself which started out with an easy ride, (long ride planned tomorrow) cleaning and maintenance for all the bikes and have some friends coming over for Roubaix beer and bbq later. Dug out the dslr, but forgot that the 85mm has broken, so only pictures with the 50mm sadly.

Maybe I should have put more effort in tidying up the garden first, will put on list tomorrow. ;)

The original "dad bike" it has not changed much since I built it up. I have done so many nursery and school runs on it, runs into the city, some work commutes. But does not get much use lately as it can only carry 1 kid.

My commuter and do-it-all bike, I got this for the price of shipping and the custom Orlowski fork cost about 5 times what I paid for it. It had a tough life before I bought it and it lives a tough life now and it does it all very beautifully. I upgraded it with the Force drivetrain and the Apex shifters just before winter and just added to the longevity of the bike. The plan was to go touring on it this summer, but our third kinda put that on hold.

I think the SuperSix has reached it's final form, it has served me many joyous moments the last few years. It weighs 6,25kg according to my crappy luggage scale and that is good enough for me. This bike will shortly retire to the south of France with my in-laws to live out it's days under a blanket in a wine cellar and get ridden a handful of times among the cols in the region.

This bike came alive with the carbon wheels and remains remarkably light, just 7,4kg! It needs new cables and tape, and I only took it out a few times last year. But could never get rid of it. Contemplating if I should get the frame drilled for the second set of bottle mounts. No pedals as I switch over the Assioma's from the Stayer.

Stayer crit, you just cannot take a picture of this bike that does the paint justice, the details are amazing! This bike is made for where I live and the roads I ride, it flies over cobbles, eats up the typical punchy Flemish ascents it just goes and goes. Current setup is at 8,1kg, I do have a SISL2 chainset which I still need to mount.

lol, fdp, took me a minute as a flammand ;)
ordered some sets of the "Chaînette", love these functional low tech bits.

We don't really need extreme locking in Ghent, but that could actually be better.

If you still have room on the itinerary, I recommend Pistoia. Small-ish city just outside of Florence out of the way of all the tourists. Stumbled upon it many moons ago and was pleasantly surprised, really nice bars and restaurants and great Italian vibe going on after the sun sets.

Our eldest (5 in april) spins out rather quickly on her Woom 3 on flat sections.
No issues on climbs, but due to spinning out so fast, she does get tired on long distances.

I have no idea what gearing it has, but I do kick myself not looking in to this before we got the bike.

Behold the birth of a new disc brake mounting standard; CPM (Crack Pipe Mount)

Doubt it will shear off due to braking forces, guestimate is about 2000N on the whole tab/bracket and it would be spread over both bolts. Where the rear is mostly affected by a pulling force to the front and slightly inward.

You can only go so far in theory, just test the shit out of it.

Or get the Dia-Compe "flexie"

Send me a message for the bar-ends, we should be able to work something out!

I have an 11sp shimano MTB Microshift bar-end going spare (also think I have the left 2/3x one also). Can throw in a Deore XT RD-M8000 if interested.

Was really surprised they work so well, but as our bikes are stored in the hallway, it was always getting caught on something passing by.

I might need to blow some life back into this thread.
(who would have thought that 3 kids under 5 would be a lot of work?)

I have some modest updates on the current bikes and something new coming up!
New project will be a slow burn, as it will be mostly secondhand stuff I find interesting enough.

We all like pictures, so here goes...